For years, Manitoba stalled on protecting nature. Here’s what you need to know as it vows to change course
Progress on conservation faltered under Manitoba’s previous government. Will the NDP make good on its...
Manitoba funds mining exploration in threatened caribou habitat inside provincial park
New mineral claims within Grass River Provincial Park raise questions about the impacts of the...
B.C. counted poorly protected old-growth forests toward conservation targets, researchers say
The province counted most old-growth management areas towards its 30-by-30 conservation targets. A new report...
An illusion of protection in the Rockies
In this week’s newsletter, we chat with Prairies reporter Drew Anderson about two stories from...
Tourists’ cars line these Rocky Mountain roads. Soon logging trucks will haul the trees away
It was supposed to be a place where competing interests could coexist. Now pressures on...
‘Shameful’: Manitoba’s protected areas grew less than 1% in seven years
The Progressive Conservatives have denounced the federal goal of protecting 30 per cent of land...
‘Illegal’ mining claims discovered in park as Manitoba government pushes for exploration
Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government has resisted calls to protect 30% of land by 2030, with...
Many Manitoba parks are open to mining. Now an industry group wants to ‘suspend all protected areas’
Less than a quarter of Manitoba’s parks are protected from industry. As companies race to...
Are bears just misunderstood?
In this week’s newsletter, reporter Joy SpearChief-Morris takes us to her summer camp days in...
